Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
The Government of Gujarat has envisaged specific policy initiatives for industrial minerals occurring in the state to attract investment in the fields mineral exploration, exploitation, and mineral-based industries. It is intended to create competitive environment to speed up industrial development in mineral potential area by enhancement of Human Resource capabilities, …
forest, water and biodiversity management don't have powerful lobbies. Mining does. The trouble is mineral exploitation can easily destroy the natural resource base of the poor
Broken Hill Proprietary Corporation (BHP), an Australian minerals, energy and steel company, will contest charges of polluting fish habitats near its isolated Ekati diamond mine in the North West Territories in Canada. Certain Canadian government agencies had made the allegations three years ago. According to them BHP committed eight violations …
The Guangdong provincial government have ordered the closure of Xing Ye Metal Accessories Corporation and eight other electroplating factories of the Guangzou district. The order came after a local newspaper reported that wastewater, containing cyanide in some cases, was being dumped into the North river. To some, the closure of …
a study conducted on the burying of waste by the mining industry states that the practice could lead to acid contamination of the soil. A team led by John Harries and his colleagues at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation in Sydney looked at 317 active and abandoned mines …
CAR manufacturers around the world are currently focusing on magnesium, which is increasingly being considered as the alternative to aluminium. The search for lighter cars with reduced fuel consumption and exhaust emissions is making car manufacturers around the world converge on magnesium. Magnesium is a light, white metal occurring naturally …
Papua New Guinea's (PNG) prime minister, Julius Chan, has thrown Australian mining companies off guard with an announcement on new resource project regulations. Under the new rules, future projects will have to make a "free" share available to local landowners. "In mining developments ... a 5 per cent share of …
MINING for minerals is one of humankind's oldest industrial activities, and one of the most complex. Only very recently have computers found their way into the mining industry. Initially, computerisation was limited to office administration. Now, a more important application is being implemented -- project management. This book deals with …
The magnificent Great Barrier Reef in Australia has again been in news: it has been reduced to a mere shadow of its former self. A recent comparison of contemporary photographs with pictures taken in 1980 has laid bare this distressing fact to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. The …
